Page Fortna
@pagefortna.bsky.social
IR prof (security, civil conflict, peacekeeping, terrorism, climate change), bicoastally migratory (PDX-NYC), dog lover, horse lover, mediocre knitter, avid composter.
Oh the symbolism! COP caught on fire in the heat.
No one injured, thankfully.
(Not my photo, I wasn’t in the Blue Zone at the time — guess I picked a good time to see a bit of Belém!)
No one injured, thankfully.
(Not my photo, I wasn’t in the Blue Zone at the time — guess I picked a good time to see a bit of Belém!)
November 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Oh the symbolism! COP caught on fire in the heat.
No one injured, thankfully.
(Not my photo, I wasn’t in the Blue Zone at the time — guess I picked a good time to see a bit of Belém!)
No one injured, thankfully.
(Not my photo, I wasn’t in the Blue Zone at the time — guess I picked a good time to see a bit of Belém!)
I’m learning a ton at COP30, but my most systematic research is on the ice cream at Sorveteria Cairu — famous for their local tropical fruit flavors. Preliminary results: cupuaçu and chocolate is a better combo than açaí and chocolate, though both were delish.
#ResearchPriorities
#ResearchPriorities
November 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I’m learning a ton at COP30, but my most systematic research is on the ice cream at Sorveteria Cairu — famous for their local tropical fruit flavors. Preliminary results: cupuaçu and chocolate is a better combo than açaí and chocolate, though both were delish.
#ResearchPriorities
#ResearchPriorities
It’s a beautiful day to resist democratic backsliding!
October 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It’s a beautiful day to resist democratic backsliding!
The stripes are pretty, the implications are very ugly. Temps from 1850 to 2024 for Portland, Manhattan, and the world.
Wanna see what it looks like where you live? Check out:
showyourstripes.info
Wanna see what it looks like where you live? Check out:
showyourstripes.info
June 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The stripes are pretty, the implications are very ugly. Temps from 1850 to 2024 for Portland, Manhattan, and the world.
Wanna see what it looks like where you live? Check out:
showyourstripes.info
Wanna see what it looks like where you live? Check out:
showyourstripes.info
In a small town in rural Virginia:
June 15, 2025 at 4:01 AM
In a small town in rural Virginia:
I’m sure the “it’s a war-zone at Columbia” narrative will dominate, but here’s what it looked like at Butler as I walked home tonight
May 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I’m sure the “it’s a war-zone at Columbia” narrative will dominate, but here’s what it looked like at Butler as I walked home tonight
25 hour speak-out today and tomorrow at Columbia. I’ll be there with other political scientists talking about democracy and due process from 7-8pm
April 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
25 hour speak-out today and tomorrow at Columbia. I’ll be there with other political scientists talking about democracy and due process from 7-8pm
The climate emergency is ongoing, the emergency of ICE agents snatching our neighbors off our streets and sending them to gulags is, if not new, newly intensified.
Hit the streets this weekend.
NYC friends: Saturday, noon, Bryant Park
Hit the streets this weekend.
NYC friends: Saturday, noon, Bryant Park
April 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The climate emergency is ongoing, the emergency of ICE agents snatching our neighbors off our streets and sending them to gulags is, if not new, newly intensified.
Hit the streets this weekend.
NYC friends: Saturday, noon, Bryant Park
Hit the streets this weekend.
NYC friends: Saturday, noon, Bryant Park
Columbia’s latest statement. I give it an A- (big points for improvement over recent statements, but still room for improvement).
April 15, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Columbia’s latest statement. I give it an A- (big points for improvement over recent statements, but still room for improvement).
5 days blissfully off the grid backpacking in Joshua Tree. Highly recommend.
March 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
5 days blissfully off the grid backpacking in Joshua Tree. Highly recommend.
Sorry, got interrupted while posting.
March 23, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Sorry, got interrupted while posting.
Worried anti-Musk/coup etc protest in NYC would be small (11F with wind chill, and generally demoralized opposition), but was very pleasantly surprised — thousands turned out. Gives me hope
February 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Worried anti-Musk/coup etc protest in NYC would be small (11F with wind chill, and generally demoralized opposition), but was very pleasantly surprised — thousands turned out. Gives me hope
Strands got me today (spoiler alert), cuz the first word I saw was “blueberry” and no self-respecting New Yorker thinks of blueberry as an example of the spangram. I got there eventually, but c’mon NYTimes, remember where you’re from
January 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Strands got me today (spoiler alert), cuz the first word I saw was “blueberry” and no self-respecting New Yorker thinks of blueberry as an example of the spangram. I got there eventually, but c’mon NYTimes, remember where you’re from